My new piece in Foreign Policy discusses the need to address the growing threat of piracy in the waters off western Africa, employing some of the strategies used to combat piracy to the east. These include not just military interventions, but also private-public security partnerships. We also must address the root causes ashore.

Dean James Stavridis is the 12th leader of The Fletcher School since its founding in 1933. A retired Admiral in the U.S. Navy, he led the NATO Alliance in global operations from 2009 to 2013 as Supreme Allied Commander.